How to communicate with cats?

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Find a solutionUnderstand your pet

Communicate with cats• You know that when your cat waves

his tail is usually happy and you understand some of his meows, like “I want food” or “You stepped on my tail”, but it’s not very easy to tell him what he’s not allowed to do.

• Most cats have a strong personality, knowing exactly what they want, and you need to manage this behavior to share your home with this small and friendly pet.

What do you usually do?• When trying to communicate with your cat, what

strategies do you usually use? Do you talk louder or scream when you’re mad? Do you give him a treat when he’s well behaved? Answer the following quiz.

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?Do you talk back to your cat?

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?Do you meow to your cat?

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?Do you use command words?

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?Do you use different voice tones?

• Specialists say the best way to communicate is to study the cat’s body language and adapt your voice and actions to it.

• What if you had a tool that converted your message to a meow? Perfect, right? Impossible? Probably. But this tool could be more realistic if adapted your message to the voice tone the cat knows best. For instance, if you’re happy, you should use a louder voice tone to talk to your cat then when you’re mad. So no need to scream when your cat destroys your favorite shoes.

The best way to communicate

• The tool could be an app for your smartphone that adapts what you want to say to your cat to the correct voice tone and to the meow language.

Cat talking app

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Cat talking app

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